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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ken-ichi" data-source="post: 2844347" data-attributes="member: 20061">I just thought I would chime in as I was on the lower end of the totem pole.For about 3 years I was the one and only page at my small, local public library. I was the only one putting away books, organizing the shelves, and reorganizing them after the kids got to them.I knew my shelves so well that if you told me a dewey decimal number or the subject, I could tell you the aisle, shelf, and exactly where on the shelf the book would be. In my spare time I also worked behind the desk doing check in/out, assessing book fines, creating library cards, and generally dealing with the public. All on part-time hours.Our library does not have a computer for the desk crew and still uses the old punch cards and stamping machines. The loud thunk, thunk, thunk of someone checking out a book still brings a smile to my face.I still prefer and am faster using the card catalog than doing computer searches for a book.The days where it was me and my book cart putting away books and straightening shelves were the best. I had so much time to think and daydream while keeping myself active and busy. On the other hand, working behind the desk varied. Some days you would be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Others you would spend the entire evening with only 3 people coming in the and you rewinding every video in the place out of sheer boredom.Even now several years later I have a hard time resisting straightening out shelves. Last time I went to the library I reorganized a couple of shelves because they were slightly out of order.</blockquote>

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